title: Phylogenetic analysis of the Mustela altaica (Carnivora: Mustelidae) based on complete mitochondrial genome.
abstract: The mountain weasel (Mustela altaica) belongs to family Mustelidae, which is the near threatened species in the IUCN Red List. In this study, the complete mitochondrial genome of M. altaica was sequenced and characterized. The genome is 16,521 bases in length (GenBank accession no. KC815122). The nucleotide sequence data of 12 heavy-strand protein-coding genes of M. altaica and other 20 Mustelidae species were used for phylogenetic analyses. Trees constructed by using Bayesian inference, maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood demonstrated that M. altaica was close to Mustela nivalis and they were sister to Mustela putorius and Mustela sibirica.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Bio-resources and Eco-environment (Ministry of Education), College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University , Chengdu , P.R. China and.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chaochao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Chengzhong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Feiyun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Xiuyue
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Bisong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yue
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045969:Mustelidae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Mustela altaica; phylogenetic analyses